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The Beatles’ ‘64’ Documentary Shows the Group’s Explosive Arrival Into the U.S.: “They Were a Ray of Light”
"The Beatles '64" director David Tedeschi and producer Margaret Bodde discuss the group's first U.S. trip and more in an interview with Billboard.
The Beatles touching down at John F. Kennedy airport, meeting thousands of adoring, screaming fans on the runway altered the brain chemistry of a country in need of something good, and lit the fuse for a cultural revolution. Archive interviews and clippings see a hostile press compare the group to “German measles,” while at the British Embassy in Washington, D.C., the disparity between the working class band and their bureaucratic, stuffy surroundings is laid bare. On the eve of its release, director David Tedeschi and producer Margaret Bodde discuss with Billboard about the challenges of making the story fresh again, the surprises in the editing suite and the role Scorsese had in shaping the narrative of the film.
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